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Lot 206
WD & HO Wills radio Celebrities (22), Radio Celebrities, 2nd Series (29), Garden Flowers by Sudell (44), Safety First (39), Air Raid Precautions (61), Railway Equipment (97), Wild Flowers, A Series (31), Household Hints (34), Railway Engines (36), The Sea Shore (23), The Reign of HM King George V (42), Garden Flowers (49), Association Footballers 1935 (32), Association Footballers 1939 (37), Speed 1938 (34), Wild Flowers, 2nd Series, (25), Railway Equipment (complete), Garden Hints (45), Life in the Royal Navy (15), Garden Flowers by Sudell complete, Wild Flowers, 2nd Series (complete pasted into a penny album), and sundry cards various subjects
Lot 208
Two albums containing wD & HO Wills garden Flowers (49), Radio Celebrities, 2nd Series (35) john Player & Sons boy Scout and Girl Guide (45), Fresh Water Fishes (49), Aeroplanes (Civil) (complete), Aviary and Caged Birds (32), Film Stars, 2nd Series (47) Kings and Queens of England (32) ardath Tobacco Co Ltd silver Jubilee (32)
Lot 215
A collection of Penny Albums issued by W D & H O Wills; 'Air Raid Precautions' x2 (complete), 'Safety First' x2 (46), 'The Reign of George V' x3 (50 - 49 - 42), 'Association Footballers 1935-1936' x2 (22 - 46), 'Wild Flowers' x2 (48), 'Radio Celebrities' x2 (complete), 'Radio Celebrities second Series' x2 (48) and Railway Engines (46), all pasted in
Lot 280
WD & HO Wills ships Badges (complete), Radio Celebrities, 2nd Series (complete), Speed, Flags of the Empire, A Series (complete), Flags of the Empire, 2nd Series (complete), Household Hints (complete), Railway Equipment (complete), Wonders of the Sea (46), Household Hints (48) and Animalloys (48)
Lot 340
An exhibition standard scratch-built 1/14 scale model of an American steamer, Linda, constructed by Martin Rason from two layers of mahogany planking, with approximately twelve pounds of lead ballast, powered by a live steam Maxwell Hemmens twin-cylinder double acting oscillating engine linked to a gas fired horizontal boiler, with fitted gas tank, whistle and exhaust water heater, and with a Kort nozzle to enable reasonable steering in reverse, operated by four channel radio control gear, 100cm long, 23cm wide
Lot 341
NAVY, ARMY AND AIRFORCE INSTITUTES: WHOLESALE PRICE LIST OF PROVISIONS, GROCERIES AND GENERAL GOODS FOR SUPPLY TO OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS MESSES -----, 1934, orig wraps, + DAILY TELEGRAPH PRISONERS OF WAR EXHIBITION IN THE GROUNDS OF CLARENCE HOUSE, 1944, orig pict wraps, + CLACTON ON SEA OFFICIAL GUIDE, 1935, orig wraps + RADIO TIMES, 1953 Coronation Issue, + 13 Others, (17)
Lot 1350
Pair: Leading Radio Electrical Mechanic S. E. Bourke, Royal Australian Navy korea 1950-53, 1st issue (34986 S. E. Bourke), Australian style naming; U.N. Korea, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-160 Sebastian Ernest Burke (spelling on paperwork) was born on 1 July 1929 at Carlton, Victoria. He enlisted into the Royal Australian Navy at Melbourne on 14 July 1947 for a period of 12 years. He served in the Korean War, 6 August-17 October 1951 aboard the destroyer H.M.A.S. Anzac with the rank of Leading Radio Electrical Mechanic. Sold with copied service details. £120-£160
Lot 1432
An extremely rare Second World War ‘Triple D.F.C.’ group of six awarded to Squadron Leader R. Van den Bok, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, having survived a very close encounter with the Scharnhorst during the famous ‘Channel Dash’ in February 1942, and been awarded his first D.F.C., added an immediate Bar for making a successful evasion attempt after being shot down and wounded over Belgium - a Second Bar followed for radio counter-measure operations in Flying Fortresses in 1944-45 distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second and Third Award Bars, the reverse of the Cross officially dated ‘1942’ and the Bars ‘1942’ and ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals; U.S.A., Silver Star, the reverse inscribed, ‘F./O. R. Van den Bok, D.F.C.’, mounted as worn, together with the recipient’s Caterpillar Club Membership Badge, gold, with ‘ruby’ eyes, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘F./O. R. Van den Bock, D.F.C.’, lacquered, generally good very fine (6) £2500-3000 ex John Hayward collection and thence Hayward’s Gazette (No. 3, October 1974, Item No. 423); just 46 British and Commonwealth aircrew were awarded the D.F.C. with 2 Bars in the 1939-45 War. d.F.C. London Gazette 4 August 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer Van den Bok has taken part in 29 sorties, a large number of them being carried out against heavily defended targets, and pressed home with determination and resolve. He has participated in repeated attacks on Mannheim, Duisberg, Huls, Bremen, Kile and Hamburg, returning from seven different sorties in aircraft severely damaged by enemy A.A. fire. As a Wireless Operator he has been responsible on many occasions for his aircraft’s safe return in bad weather. he was the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner on a Hampden which made a low-level attack on the Scharnhorst during the battleship’s flight from Brest. The whole aircraft was severely damaged by Scharnhort’s A.A. defences: included in this damage was the radio installation: this Flying Officer Van den Bok repaired and re-established communication with his base. While carrying out the repair he observed an enemy fighter stalking his aircraft which by this time was in no condition to face an engagement. By following Flying Officer Van den Bok’s evasive directions, his captain was able to shake off the fighter. while this officer was detached from the Squadron on a course he obtained 48 hours leave in order that he might take part in the Squadron’s effort against Rostock. Last autumn he took part in the Squadron’s daylight attacks on enemy targets in occupied France. as Squadron Signals Officer, Flying Officer Van den Bock is in a large measure responsible for the high standard of W./T. operating obtained in this squadron. Throughout his cool steadfast courage has been an example that the Wireless Operators have been eager to emulate.’ Bar to D.F.C. London Gazette 24 November 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘Since the beginning of his tour on operations, commencing 22 August 1941, Flying Officer Van den Bok has taken part in 25 sorties over enemy territory against very heavy enemy defences. Targets he has attacked are Duisberg, Essen, Bremen, Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Huls, Cologne, Rostock and Flensberg. on his last trip to Saarbrucken on 28 August 1942, on returning from the target, his aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft and shot down over Belgium. He sustained a wound in his leg by the entry of a piece of flak and despite physical suffering due to his wounded leg, he was able to travel some 3,000 miles through enemy territory to escape capture and arrived in Gibraltar in less than three weeks. under a calm and quiet manner he has a fine offensive spirit in action which inspires confidence in his fellow aircrew.’ Second Bar to D.F.C. London Gazette 26 October 1945. The orginal recommendation states: ‘This officer has operated with No. 214 Squadron 16 times on his second tour, in which number is included the last Bomber Command attack in the Berlin area and the last operation by that Command in Europe. his attention to detail and planning, and his outstandingly good captaincy, have been responsible for the seemingly effortless manner in which he has operated against many targets well known for the strength of their defences. his enthusiasm for operations was in no way diminished by his experiences in evading capture after being shot down by flak over occupied Belgium after 29 sorties on his first tour. He has always been anxious to fly on every possible occasion when his duties as Flight Commander would permit. despite his personal keenness for operational flying, he has, however, devoted a large amount of time to the instruction of new captains and crews, and has always been tireless in his efforts to improve the operational and training efficiency of his flight and the Squadron as a whole.’ Ralph Van den Bok qualified as a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in April 1941, and is believed to have flown an operational sortie to Kiel with No. 83 Squadron, a Hampden unit operating out of Scampton, Lincolnshire, that July. Be that as it may, his operational career commenced proper with his appointment to No. 408 (Goose) Squadron, R.C.A.F., another Hampden unit, operating out of Balderton, Nottinghamshire, in August 1941. between then and being recommended for his D.F.C. in May 1942, he completed 22 sorties and 126 operational flying hours, and gained appointment as Squadron Signals and Gunnery Leader, his targets, as stated, including the Scharnhorst. Not mentioned in the recommendation, however, is the fact his captain, a New Zealander, D. S. N. ‘Tinny’ Constance, attacked the enemy battleship from about 800 feet, or indeed the fact that one projectile came through the fuselage - right between Van den Bok’s legs - and out through the roof: the date in question was the 12 February 1942, the day of the famous ‘Channel Dash’, when another gallant aviator, Eugene Esmonde, won a posthumous V.C. nearing the end of his operational tour with a strike on Saarbrucken on the night of 28-29 August 1942, Van den Beck added an immediate Bar to his D.F.C., when, on returning from the target, his Hampden (AE197 EQ) was shot down by an enemy night fighter - piloted by top-scoring ace Hauptman Wilhelm Herget - and crashed at Boussu-lez-Walcourt, some 25 kilometres S.S.W. of Charleroi. His pilot, Wing Commander J. D. Twigg, and Flight Lieutenant I. Maitland, D.F.C., were killed, but Van den Bok, who was wounded in the leg by a piece of shrapnel, and Flight Lieutenant G. C. Fisher, both evaded - a remarkable journey of 3,000 miles through enemy occupied territory, the whole accomplished in just three weeks. He was duly elected to membership of the Caterpillar Club. grounded and ‘rested’, Van den Bok trained as a pilot, was awarded his ‘Wings’ in November 1943, and returned to the operational scene as an Acting Squadron Leader and Flight Commander in No. 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, an American Flying Fortress unit operating out of Oulton, Norfolk, in November 1944. Charged with carrying out radio counter-measure operations, No. 214 flew ‘Window’ and jamming sorties right through to the War’s end, Van den Bok completing a further 17 sorties, thereby bringing his tally of trips to 46, with a total of 282 operational flying hours. He was duly recommended for a Second Bar to his D.F.C. in June 1945. £2500-£3000
Lot 493
An extremely rare South Atlantic Medal awarded to Private R. W. Steward, Falkland Islands Defence Force, one of only 35 members of his unit to receive the Medal, most of whom were engaged alongside the Royal Marines at Government House on the night of 1-2 April 1982 south Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Pte. R. W. Stewart, F.I.D.F.), good very fine £2000-2500 Called out by Governor Rex Hunt on 1 April 1982, a little over 30 members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force reported to Government House at 7.30 p.m. Allocated to assorted duties by their C.O., Major Phil Summers, among them the defence of key points in Stanley such as the radio and power stations, ‘most of them really thought they were going out to die that evening’. This, then, the opening chapter of a memorable evening, the F.I.D.F. men all the while under the overall command of Major Mike Norman, R.M., who had but 57 Marines and 11 sailors from Naval Party 8901 at his immediate disposal. however, not long after his combined R.M., R.N. and F.I.D.F. force had been deployed, Norman was alerted by sounds of gunfire at the R.M. barracks located at Moody Brook - luckily unmanned but nonetheless stormed in the darkness by Argentinian Commandos using phosphorous grenades - as a result of which he decided to recall his force to the defence of Government House, where, in a spirited action against an elite team of Commandos under Lieutenant-Commander Giachino, he and his men held out until 9.30 a.m., inflicting three casualties, one of them, Giachino, later dying of his wounds. on their surrender, the British were disarmed and herded on to the nearby playing fields, enemy footage of them face down on the ground famously being released to the media at large. Unlike their comrades from the R.M., who were flown out to Uruguay, most of the F.I.D.F. men remained under house arrest for the duration of the War. stewart was among those presented to Governor Alan Huckle on the 25th Anniversary of the invasion, and, in common with his fellow 1982 veterans, received a special commemorative badge; see assorted websites for further information, including a photograph of Stewart meeting Governor Huckle. £2000-£2500
Lot 23
A BULOVA ACCUTRON GOLD PLATED & STAINLESS STEEL WATCH model 242110 c.1977, the champagne coloured dial with Arabic numerals and centre seconds, the quartz movement with seconds set (allowing second hand synchronisation with master clock or radio signal) the case with stainless steel back and expanding bracelet
Lot 435
Model of the Nathaniel Green "Liberty Ship". Torpedoed in Arzell Bay Algiers 1942 whilst being escorted by H.M.S Brixham. She was 423ft long and displaced 7,210 Tons. Radio controlled motor. 2,581 Liberty ships were built from 1941 to 1944. They were built at Bethlem Fairland Shipyard Baltimore U.S.A. They were emergency ships built and classed as "Expendable". If a Liberty Ship Survived one Atlantic Convoy it had done its job, Only 200 were lost to the enemy , and 200 to other hazards The only surviving Liberty ship is the " Jeremiah 0'Brien". Lot is sold with three photographs of this ship, and a copy of a certificate to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D- Day Landings with a voyage to Normandy, and a cap Model made by Wally Cox long term member of the R.N.A, Stoker on H.M.S Brixham during active service in Second World War. Other models by Wally Cox can be found in the Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth Provenance; Offered for sale by The Royal Naval Association (R.N.A) Mitcham, Morden & Wimbledon ranch Charity No 266982 h: 17 x w: 54 x d: 7 in.
Lot 1264
William H Wallis, early 20th century- "HMS Victory, Portsmouth Harbour"; watercolour, signed and titled, 51x79cm. Note: On 12 January 1922 HMS Victory was moved into the oldest drydock in the world: No. 2 dock at Portsmouth for restoration. In 1928 King George V was able to unveil a tablet celebrating the completion of the work. In 1941 'Victory' sustained some damage from a bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe that impacted into her dry dock causing damage to the hull. German Radio Propaganda claimed that the ship had been destroyed by a bomb, the Admiralty had to issue an urgent denial. HMS Victory's active career ended on November 7 1812; it is said that when Thomas Hardy was First Sea Lord , he told his wife on returning home, that he had just signed an order for Victory to be broken up. She burst into tears and sent him straight back to his office to rescind the order. Though this story may be fantasy, the page of the duty log containing the orders for that day is missing, having been torn out. (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Lot 1546
A. A.Gulliland photographer, An archive of mostly photographic negatives and black and white photographs taken throughout Europe c.1930-1939. mainly of radio and television interest including transmitters, masts, and technical equipment. The photographs mainly depicting Nazi leaders, events, propaganda, and broadcasting equipment, ( a lot). (A.A. Gulliland was Berlin correspondent for "World-Radio", the Technical and Foreign Journal of the B.B.C.)
Lot 250
Dad’s Army. An original typed Script for a BBC recording session. “Arthur Lowe John Le Mesurier clive Dunn in “Dad’s Army” “High finance.” … Adapted for Radio by Michael knowles and Harold Snoad from a television script by Jimmy Perry and David croft. Recording Friday 27th June 1975. 41 typed pages plus lead sheet, the name “Marcha” in red felt tip pen on the lead sheet and numerous pencil annotations throughout. Some pencil notes on the verso of the final page. The leaves are disbound and generally in a worn condition.
Lot 909
Cigarette & Trade Card sets, comprising R J Lea (Chairman): 'Old Pottery & Porcelain' 2nd Series, 1912 (50), Lambert & Butler: 'Interesting Sidelights on the Work of the GPO', 1939 (50), Stephen Mitchell & Son: 'The World of Tomorrow', 1936 (50), R J Hill: 'Historic Places from Dickens Classics', 1939 (50), Wills: 'Ships & Shipping', New Zealand Issue 1928 (50), 'Time & Money In Different Countries', 1908 (50), 'Speed', 1930 (50), 'British School of Painting', 1927 (25), 'Radio Celebrities', 1934 (50), 'The Coronation Series', 1911 (50), mainly with soiling and one damaged, Players: 'Cycling', 1939 (50), a few with soiling, 'Picturesque Cottages', 1929 (25), 'International Air Liners', 1936 (50), Churchman: 'Wings over the Empire', 1939 (48), 'Wonderful Railway Travel', 1937 (50), Whitbread: 'Maritime Inn Signs', 1974 (25) & Brooke Bond: 'Incredible Creatures' Sheen Lane, 1985 (40), mainly good condition, unless stated, in album (17 sets)
Lot 911
Cigarette Card sets comprising Cope Bros & Co Ltd: 'The World's Police', 1937 (25), Players: 'War Decorations & Medals', 1927 (90), 'Military Head Dress', 1931 (50), 'Drum Banners & Cap Badges', 1924 (50), 'Cricketers, 1934' (50), Wills: 'Military Motors', 1916 (50), 'Radio Celebrities' Second Series, 1934 (50), 'Air Raid Precautions', 1938 (50), 'Our King & Queen', 1937 (50), 'Safety First', 1934 (50), 'Household Hints' Title in White, 1927 (50), Park Drive: 'Stars of Screen & Stage' Green Back, 1935 (48), Gallaher: 'Film Partners', 1935 (48), Kensitas: 'Builders of Empire', 1937 (50), Churchman: 'In Town To-Night', 1938 (50), 'Howlers', 1937 (40) & 'Legends of Britain', 1936 (50), some with slight soiling, otherwise mainly good condition, in album (17 sets)
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